Time Stopped: Antique Handblown Glass Hourglass with No Armature chess set All are in very good

All are in very good vintage condition and stand straight and sturdy on their bases

each special in its own way

and though the glaze shows some age and wear

The contents are long gone

Time Stopped: Antique Handblown Glass Hourglass with No Armature chess set All are in very goodI know this is an old one, as I found it along with remnants of an antique hand cut tin lattice sleeve, which would have held it to make it usable (no longer the case.) Which made me realize how lovely an object a liberated (and thwarted) hourglass is when set on its side formally and metaphorically resonant in all sorts of ways! 2 1 2" long. Hand blown, with pontils at either end, and satisfying pinkish brown sand. Nice patina to the surface of the